I have new leaf buds on Summer Song!! I noticed this morning when I walked over it to get to my hyacinths (cut 3 stalks to bring into the office.. *swoon w/the scent!!*).
Where I live, we don't have too much encouragement from the city for xeriscaping. Aurora, however, has a law on the books that you can get a reduction on your property taxes for every square foot of grass you remove & put in xeric landscaping. I asked my city if they're doing that, nope.. they like having grass everywhere. What a waste. But I'm not even on that city's water system.. I'm on a co-op. I just got my waterbill in.. $73 for 1 month. BLEH. Bad thing is that over $60 of that is fees.. sewer fees are $43 alone!! And that's for everyone in my co-op, no matter if you're a couple w/no kids, no grass, no dishwasher, water-saver toilets & HE washing machine or if you're a family of 5 with 3 teenage girls who take hour-long showers. But their water usage is also ridiculous, too, which mine isn't. Then you have hookup fees, storm sewage fees, connection fees, this fee, that fee, & the other fee.
